Territorial Prelature of São Félix do Araguaia

The Territorial Prelature of São Félix (do Araguaia) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

It is a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Archbishop of Cuiabá. Its cathedral see, Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Assunção, is located in the city of São Félix do Araguaia.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as the Bishop (Territorial Prelate) of São Félix, Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, who had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta in Floresta, Pernambuco.

History

• On May 13, 1969, the Territorial Prelature of São Félix was established from the Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, the Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (later promoted to Diocese of Guiratinga and suppressed) and the Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (later renamed Marabá and promoted to a suffragan diocese)

Episcopal Prelature Incumbents of São Félix

(Roman Rite; titular or former bishops)

• Bishop-prelate Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, Claretian (C.M.F.) (August 27, 1971 - February 2, 2005)
• Bishop-prelate Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, Franciscan (O.F.M.) (February 2, 2005 - September 21, 2011)
• Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen, the Bishop of Goiás (since 1998, still on that see), as Apostolic Administrator (i.e. ad interim) September 21, March 21, 2012
• Bishop-prelate Adriano Ciocca Vasino (since March 21, 2012 - present)

Sources and References

• GCatholic.org, with more extensive prelate biographies
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Pelature website

Coordinates: 11°37′01″S 50°40′08″W / 11.6169°S 50.6689°W / -11.6169; -50.6689